OCU GROUP LTD
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-16 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-07-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£77M
+176.8% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£156M
+22.3% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
1,980
+77.9% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£58M
+33.1% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £610,647,000 | £886,461,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £44,940,000 | £59,255,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £43,842,000 | £58,355,000 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £31,350,000 | £28,492,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | £651 | £33,890 | £27,829,000 | £77,044,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £914,851 | £858,090 | £140,912,000 | £173,227,000 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £127,564,000 | £156,056,000 | |
| Equity | £100,000 | £100,000 | £914,851 | £858,090 | £127,564,000 | £156,056,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 331 | 420 | 1,113 | 1,980 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £56,347,000 | £108,590,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £803,000 | £431,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
+45.2%
£610,647,000 £886,461,000
-
Cash
+176.8%
£27,829,000 £77,044,000
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+22.3%
£127,564,000 £156,056,000
-
Employees
+77.9%
1,113 1,980
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+31.9%
£44,940,000 £59,255,000
-
Profit before tax
+33.1%
£43,842,000 £58,355,000
-
Wages
+92.7%
£56,347,000 £108,590,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-04-30 | 2020-04-30 | 2021-04-30 | 2022-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 7.4% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 5.1% | 3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 31.9% | 34.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.97x | 0.68x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 35.11x | 33.84x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Company and Group are members of the OCU consolidated group (the "OCU Group") whose intermediate parent entity is Oat Topco Limited. The Company and Group are under common management of the OCU Group and benefits from OCU Group support when needed. The OCU Group has made operating profits and has been cash generative during the year ended 30 April 2025, and has continued to generate robust operating profits in the period to the approval of these financial statements. The Directors have assessed the principal risks facing the OCU Group and determined that there are no material uncertainties to disclose.”
Group structure
- OCU GROUP LTD · parent
- Andrews Associates Engineers Limited 100%
- Artemis Fibre Limited 100%
- Carmar Ltd 100%
- F.K.S (UK) Limited 100%
- Hydrovein Limited 100%
- InICT LTD 100%
- Integrum Power Engineering Limited 100%
- Multivein Limited 100%
- O'Connor Utilities Limited 100%
- OCU Academy Limited 100%
- OCU Digital Limited 100%
- OCU (Plant) Limited 100%
- OCU (Property Estates) Limited 100%
- OCU (Trenchless) Limited 100%
- OCU Connect Limited 100%
- OCU Energy Services Limited 100%
- OCU Evolution Limited 100%
- OCU Hornbill Limited 100%
- OCU Hornbill Group Limited 100%
- Insiris Limited 100%
- OCU Modus Limited 100%
- OCU Nettworx Limited 100%
- OCU Northavon Group Limited 100%
- OCU Northavon Highways & Utilities Limited 100%
- OCU Northavon Holdings Limited 100%
- OCU Northavon Infrastructure & Utilities Limited 100%
- OCU Northavon Renewable Energy Limited 100%
- OCU Northavon Water Services Limited 100%
- OCU Northavon Water Solutions Limited 100%
- OCU Opals Limited 100%
- OCU Opals Services Limited 100%
- OCU Power Grid Plant Limited 100%
- OCU Services Limited 100%
- OCU (South) Limited 100%
- OCU Utility Services Limited 100%
- OCU Utility Solutions Limited 100%
- Peter McCormack & Sons Limited 100%
- Purestream Industries Limited (formerly BW&M Holdings Ltd) 100%
- Purestream Process Solutions Limited (formerly Setfords Technology Ltd) 100%
- R.J. McLeod (Contractors) Limited 100%
- Scott-Orr (Contractors) Limited 100%
- Thomas Gebbie & Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 31 July 2025 the Group acquired a majority shareholding in All Energy Contracting Pty Limited, All Energy Contracting Investments Pty Limited and their wholly owned subsidiaries (together, "AEC"). Headquartered in Brisbane, Australia, AEC is a multidisciplinary contractor specialising in renewables and energy infrastructure across Australia and New Zealand.”
- “On 6 November 2025, the Group acquired 100% of the share capital of Valmech Welding Limited. Valmech Welding Limited is a specialist in all aspects of mechanical services including district heating installations, plant rooms, heating and domestic pipework services and gas pipework, providing services across the UK.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CORNWELL, Michael | Secretary | 2024-07-01 | — | — |
| HUGHES, Michael Blake | Director | 2022-08-04 | Nov 1968 | British |
| O'HARA, Andrew Neil | Director | 2025-02-03 | Mar 1966 | British |
| O'SULLIVAN, Denis Adrian | Director | 2022-08-04 | May 1972 | Irish |
| SNOWBALL, David Matthew | Director | 2022-10-06 | Feb 1980 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWLER, Vincent Stephen | Director | 2022-08-04 | 2024-11-01 |
| O'CONNOR, Caroline | Director | 2014-11-12 | 2022-08-04 |
| O'CONNOR, Sally | Director | 2014-11-12 | 2022-08-04 |
| O'CONNOR, Thomas Joseph | Director | 2014-11-12 | 2022-08-04 |
| O'CONNOR, Timothy Gerard | Director | 2014-11-12 | 2022-08-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ocu Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-07-02 | Active |
| O'Connor Properties Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2020-07-01 | Ceased 2020-07-02 |
| Mr Thomas Joseph O'Connor | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-07-01 |
| Mr Timothy Gerard O'Connor | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-07-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-17 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control without name date | |
| 2025-07-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-01-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-12 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-12 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-05-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.